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SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1983
NEW I.D. CARD SCHEME MAKES GOOD PROGRESS
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ABOUT 58 PER CENT OF AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 62 000 MEN BORN IN 1962 HAS COME FORWARD FOR THEIR NEW IDENTITY CARDS SINCE THE THIRD PHASE OF THE NEW 1.D. CARD SCHEME STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT BETWEEN JULY 11 AND 9.30 PM LAST FRIDAY, 36 000 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED, REPRESENTING AN AVERAGE TURN-UP RATE OF 3 270 PER WORKING DAY.
+ THE LATEST FIGURE IS INDEED AN ENCOURAGING SIGN OF SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION FROM THE PUBLIC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE URGED THE REMAINING 42 PER CENT TO HAND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
+UNLIKE THE LAST TWO PHASES, THE CURRENT PHASE GIVES THE TARGET GROUP ONLY FOUR WEEKS TO EXCHANGE THEIR OLD IDENTITY CARDS FOR NEW ONES, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
+IN FACT, THERE ARE ONLY 12 WORKING DAYS LEFT BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF AUGUST 6.
+THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET APPLIED SHOULD DO SO NOW. FAILURE TO OBTAIN A NEW IDENTITY CARD WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD MAY LEAD TO PROSECUTION, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED APPLICANTS TO BRING ALONG THEIR OLD IDENTITY CARDS WHEN THEY REPORT TO ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THESE OFFICES ARE OPEN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9.30 PM FROM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE BUSY IN THE DAYTIME CAN GO THERE IN THE EVENING OR AT WEEKENDS,+ HE SAID.
PEOPLE IN THIS AGE GROUP WHO ARE AWAY FROM HONG KONG DURING THIS PERIOD MUST APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS UPON THE IR RETURN, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
REMINDER ON TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS
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EMPLOYERS WERE ADVISED TODAY (SUNDAY) TO REACH PRIOR UNDERSTANDING WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES ON WORKING ARRANGEMENTS ON THE APPROACH OF OR DURING A TROPICAL STORM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THE AGREEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE RULES FOR WORK, RELEASE FROM WORK, THE METHOD OF CALCULATING WAGES TO BE PAID UNDER VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
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